Legal Opinion
William K. Zimmerman v. Margarita Tribble, Craig Hanks and Edward L. Cohn
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 16, 2000No. 98-2163PublishedCited by 409 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
William K. Zimmerman complains about the conditions at the Wabash Valley Correctional Center. In a pro se civil rights action against Indiana prison officials, he alleges violations of his First, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The District Court, pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996, dismissed Zimmerman’s second amended complaint, finding that it failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. Zimmerman appeals. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I. BACKGROUND
Over his protests and appeals, on July 9, 1997, William Zimmerman…
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